Amid rapidly inflating military expenditures, ever-more-sophisticated trafficking networks and the emergence of technologies, such as 3D-printed weapons, senior United Nations and civil society leaders urged more robust action to stem the bloody and destabilizing flow of small arms and light weapons, as they briefed the Security Council today.
The Security Council decided today to remove two individuals from its Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions list – including the President appointed in the wake of Syria’s December 2024 popular uprising – as delegates widely welcomed efforts to “lift all obstacles” to the country’s economic recovery.
While climate change exacerbates conflict-causing tension, conflict, in turn, leads to pollution and ecosystem damage, the Security Council heard today, in a wide-ranging discussion on climate and security.
The war in Sudan and political uncertainty in South Sudan continue to stall progress in political dialogue on the final status of Abyei — the disputed area along the border between the two countries — a senior UN official informed the Security Council today, as its members urged robust support for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) ahead of its expiration on 15 November.
Members of the Security Council traded barbs today over the origin of restricted items flowing into Yemen, as they were briefed by the chair of the committee tasked with implementing an arms embargo, economic sanctions and other measures aimed at tackling the country’s bloody — and increasingly regional — civil conflict.
The Security Council today unanimously adopted resolution 2795 (2025), renewing for 12 months the authorization granted to the European Union for the multinational stabilization force, EUFOR-Althea, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Security Council decided today to extend the mandate of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia for one year, even as most Council members decried the reduction of its scope.
The Security Council today renewed for one year the mandate of the long-standing United Nations peacekeeping mission in the disputed Western Sahara, referencing Morocco’s Autonomy Proposal presented in 2007 — which envisions the territory as self-governing under Moroccan sovereignty — as a basis for negotiations.
The Security Council today extended the United Nations Support Mission in Libya or UNSMIL’s mandate for one year until 31 October 2026, reiterating its full support for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the Mission, Hanna S. Tetteh, in her efforts to further an inclusive political process.
The Sudanese city of El Fasher — already under a devastating siege for more than 500 days amid the country’s raging conflict — has now descended into an “even darker hell” with profound civilian costs, two senior UN officials told the Security Council today, as delegates decried “shocking” and “horrific” crimes following the city’s capture by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group.
